Bill Text: MS SB2195 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Daily planning period for classroom teachers; specify minimum planning time.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2195 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-SB2195-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Senator(s) Hill
Senate Bill 2195
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT EACH CLASSROOM TEACHER SHALL HAVE AN UNENCUMBERED PERIOD OF TIME DURING THE TEACHING DAY TO BE USED FOR INDIVIDUAL OR DEPARTMENTAL PLANNING PURPOSES AND TO SPECIFY THE MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) Each classroom teacher in the public schools of the State of Mississippi whose class periods exceed fifty (50) minutes, shall have an unencumbered period of time during the teaching day to be used for individual or departmental planning.
(2) (a) If the school utilizes a traditional six-period or seven-period day schedule, the instructional planning time provided for secondary teachers shall be a minimum of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes per week, exclusive of lunch period. If the school utilizes any form of a modular/block schedule, the instructional planning time provided shall be a minimum of either two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes per week or an average of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes per week per instructional cycle, exclusive of lunch period.
(b) Instructional planning time for an elementary schoolteacher shall be no less than one hundred fifty (150) minutes per week, exclusive of lunch period.
(c) School departmental planning meetings shall not be scheduled during a teacher's individual planning period more than three (3) times per month, and each school shall maintain a log of school departmental planning meetings to ensure compliance with this paragraph (c).
(3) Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this section shall constitute a violation of the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
